Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1916 — HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

e MKDARYYH.LE (From the Journal) , Miss Frances Ryam went Tuesday evening for a visit of several days in Rensselaer. Mrs. Mary Hardesty of Michigan City is ill at the home of her sister, Minnie Pulaski. Miss Eiirah Nicoles left Tuesday noon for a visit with her sister Emma at Rockville. William Hershnian sold 51 steers Monday receiving 10 cents per pound for the shipment. Miss Bertha Miller returned last Sunday from Lafayette where she spent two weeks visiting friends. Miss Ferry Elliott of Gifford and friend, Harold Gifford, were Sunday visitors at the James Campbell home. Mr. Mrs. E. W. Horner, Mrs. E. A. Malsbury, Owen Horner, Mrs. Elizabeth Malcorn and J. H. Malcom motored to Danville, 111., Saturday in the Horner car to visit Smith Malcom and family, returning Tuesday. Jennie Marie Riggs, the infant daughter of-Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Riggs, departed from this life June 13, 1916, at the age of two weeks and three days.* She leaves to mourn her loss, a mother, father, one brother and a host of relatives. Hixon Stevens, living east of Medaryville, swore out a warrant before Squire Rathfon Wednesday morning for the arrest of a man by the name of Ed McAtee on a charge of extortion and blackmail. A short time later Constable Henry Ballard served the warrant upon McAtee, who is a stranger here, his home being somewhere near Chicago. McAtee was pltfced in the town lock-up and at the noon hour the constable served him with his dinner. The constable reports that he had a heavy padlock on the cell door and had locked the outer door of the building, but some time during the severe electric storm that raged from l to 2:30 o'clock, that the jail was entered and the prisoner freed. A mattock was found on the floor near the cell door, and many stories of how it might have been accomplished are afloat, but no definite clue as to how the prisoner really did make his getaway has yet been offered. About an hour after the escape of the prisoner had been discovered, a party started out west of town in search of the fugitive. A short time after the constable's party had departed, Sheriff Zellers and Prosecutor Dilts arrived and joined in the pursuit. The man was traced to the Rockwell farm southwest of town where he was seen to enter a woods. Sheriff Zellers upon arriving at Rockwall's telephoned here for assistance and another machine load of men went to the rescue, but the shades of night and the density of the woods offered sufficient protection to the fugitive, that all efforts to apprehend him proved futile and the party gave up the search.

GOODLAXI). (From the Herald) | Miss Leona Gilman is visiting with 1 Mr. and Mrs; M. Woltz in Monticell'). Marie and Genevieve Alexander visited with relatives in Kentland over Wednesday evening. Perry Kearns of 'Hereford, Texas, came Tuesday for a short visit here with relatives and friends. Mrs. C. C. Bassett and son Eugene, who have been visiting in St. Louis,; Mo., arrived home the latter part of this week. Attorney H. R. Hopkins has rented the Mrs. Howard Burr property on west Jasper street and will move in July first. Mrs. John Cassidy returned home Thursday from St. Vincent's hospital in Indianapolis where she underwent an operation. Miss Bernice Bassett of Valparaiso, Ind., came this week for a visit here with her brother, Dr. C. C. Bassett and family. Mrs. Elmer R. Bringham and daughter, Miss Catherine of Bloomington, Illinois, are visiting here with relatives and friends. Vietta and Ruth Rowland are visiting relatives in Downer’s Grove, 111. From there they expect to go to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to visit their brother Arthur and family. The Newton County Knights of Pythias picnic was postponed Thursday owing to the extreme wet grounds occasioned by the heavy rains on Wednesday. It is not known at this time when it will be held.

Mrs. Harvey Dickson came up from TCrre Haute Tuesday evening for a visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Spinney. Harvey teaches in the high school at French Lick, hut at present is attending State Normal. Mr. Jacob Fox, father of- Mrs. Hugh Spaulding of this city, passed away at Methodist hospital in Indianapolis last Saturday following an operation on Thursday. Mr. Fox has conducted a general store at Lochiel for several yearh and was a prominent man in that community. Funeral services were held in Brook Tuesday. Interment was made in Brook cemetery. Mrs. Heber Hamilton returned Thursday morning from Blue Island, 11!., where she spent several days with her husband at the St. Frances hospital. Heber works in the large Steel Works at Harvey, 111. and last Friday morning met with a painful misfortune by getting his left hand caught in a lathe and mangled badly. \

He was immediately taken to the St. Frances hospital at Blue Island. At the time Mrs. Hamilton left him he was getting along fine. He will not lose any of the injured member. BROOK (From the Reporter) L. L. Hershnian and Fred Longwell were Chicago visitors this week. Mrs. Thomas Burton of Kentland, mother of Mrs, Frank Turner, died on Monday at her home. Jacob I). Rich, William Man Dervoort and John and Frank Foresman went to Tefft on Thursday to see after the drainage of the new farm. Miss Verna Lyons went to Lafayette on Tuesday to visit her sister, Mrs. Bernard Gragg. Little Phyllis Gragg, who has been visiting here, returned with her. The announcement is out of the wedding of Miss Ethel Parke of Brook and Mr. Charles F. Smith of Chicago. The ceremony will take place on Friday evening. Dorsey Merchant has taken a position with the General Electric company at Fort Wayne, Ind., and Harley Deardruff is in the pastuerizing department of a big dairy in Lima, Ohio. Brook has been put on the route of the famous auto reliability run and been made a checking station. The confetti has arrived and will be delivered to the pilot car when it comes in. You will be able to see some of these cars between June 22 and 23 if you keep a sharp lookout. Harry A. Strohm is seriously ill with a stroke of paralysis since Thursday of last week at his home in Evanston, 111. He had been ailing with a general breakdown for some days before following a strenuous run of work at Detroit, Mich. He is in charge of the best of physicians in Evanston and Chicago and his cousin, Miss Grace Reid, a trained nurse, is caring for him. Dr. R. C. McCain was to see him Tuesday and his uncle, J. V. Dodson, was there yesterday, returning last night, and reported his condition someVhat improved.

WOLCOTT. (From the Enterprise) Mrs. E. H. Wolcott returned to Indianapolis Saturday after spending a few days here. Miss Amanda Hufty of Chicago is spending a month’s vacation here with her father and sisters. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Downey of Chalmers have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Beard this week. Mr. and Mrs. Allie Hare of Noblesville are visiting their niece, Mrs. Ed Jackson and nephew, W. P. Harrow. Misses Amanda, Dela and Bessie Hufty and Mrs. Ida Evans spent Tuesday with Mrs. William Blake at Remington. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mattox and children spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Francis Tyrrell near Otterbein. Mr. and Mrs. Eli Blunie and four children left Tuesday morning by automobile for Cissna Park for a week’s visit with .Mrs. Blume’s parents. Mrs. Mary Pugh and grand-daugh-ter, Lynetta Pugh, who have been spending the past two weeks with Mrs. Pugh's daughter, Mrs. George Taber at Bluff ton, Ind., are expected home Saturday. Mrs. Fay Lear returned home irom Cadillac, Mich., Thursday evening, where she has been caring for her daughter Mr>. Arthur Rogers, vho has just underwent an operation )or appendicitis. She is improving rapidly.

KKAXt KSVILLK (From the Tribune) Born, to Mr. and Mrs. John Weutrich, yesterday morning, a daughter. Mrs. J. W. Culp was called to Saybrook, 111., Saturday to attend the funeral of her nephew. John Ramp and Miss Kathryn Luers of Rensselaer motored to Francesville on a pleasure trip Sunday evening. Misses Madge Jones and Audra Garrigues went to Monticello Tuesday where they will visit for a couple of weeks. The skating rink that was here last fall and which has been operating for three months in Medaryville have moved to North Judson. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Burns and son, J. D., will leave Saturday lor Osceola, Ark., where they will visit Mrs. Burns’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Birchel. Mr. and Mrs. John Alkire and son Max and Mr. and Mrs, R. J. Ives and son Raymond were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Porter at Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. William Culp were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Stansbury, northeast of Medaryville, Sunday. Mrs. Stansbury was formerly Miss Stella Culp. Mrs. Leo Worland.and daughter, Anita Jane, of Rensselaer returned home Wednesday evening, having been the guests of the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Coffell and son for the yast week.

POISON FOR CUTWORMS Entomologists Recommend Use of Bait Containing Paris Green on Infested Corn Land. Cutworms usually begin to damage crops about the time in the spring when the grain first sprouts. Between this time and late June or early July they often prove disastrous to the farmer. The worm, however, so closely resembles the color of the soil in which it rests during the day that the couse of the crop injury is not always apparent. In such cases a careful examination of the soil surrounding the damaged nt. will probably reveal the worm curled up in a little ball. When cutworms are abundant on corn land, the use of poisoned bait is recommended in farmers’ bulletin 739, a new publication on this subject by W. R. Walton and J. J. Davis of the department. The poisoned bait may be prepared by mixing 50 pounds of wheat bran, two pounds of Paris green and six finely chopped oranges or lemons. Lowgrade molasses is added until the whole mixture attains the consistency of a stiff dough. Water also may be added if necessary, and middlings or alfalfa meal may be substituted for bran. This bait should be distributed over the infested field in small lumps and sprinkled sparingly around each hill. In cases where the field is known to be infested, this bait should be distributed as soon as the corn appears above the ground and before the cutworms have had any opportunity to do much damage. It is best to apply the bait during the late afternoon or early evening hours, as the cutworms do most of their feeding at night. A narrow band of poisoned bait placed around the edge of the field will also assist in protecting the field from an invasion of the worms from the adjoining grass-

land. While these measures will aid in minimizing damage from cutworms after the fields have become infested, it is always advisable to prevent the invasion if possible by control measures in the preceding year. Grassland, which it is intended to plant to grain in the spring, should be plowed in midsummer or early fall about the time the grayish or brownish moths, which are the parents of the cutworms, lay their eggs. This removes the vegetation which the moths desire for their egg. The earlier in the year grasslands are plowed the less will be the probability that cutworm moths will have laid their eggs on them and in consequence the less w T ill be the danger of injury the following year. Late fall and winter plowing also will destroy many of the hibernating cutworms as well as such other pests as white grubs. This, therefore, should be practiced when earlier plowing is impracticable. Farm poultry trained to follow the plow are also of great value in destroying the pest* and hogs that are allowed to pasture upon land that harbors cutworms will root up and devour great quantities of the insects. In most cases the moths lay their eggs in the late summer or early fall in fields which are covered with grass or weeds. The worms hatch in a few ..weeks, feed on this vegetation untircold iveather, and then hibernate as partly grown caterpillars. When the infestpd fields is broken up and planted to corn or other wide-row crops in the spring the worms are deprived of their natural food and are compelled to attack the, newly planted crop. They continue to consume an enormous amount of food until they have attained their full growth, and change to the pupal or resting stage in late June or early July.—Weekly News Letter U. S. Department of Agriculture.